Scotland's international reputation on Freedom of Information (FoI) has been "harmed" by a decision not to overhaul the system, it has been claimed. The assessment, by new Information Commissioner ...

Scottish Government ‘wrongly withheld’ information from Sturgeon breach probe - The Information Commissioner ordered the ...

An intervention has been launched into the Scottish government's use of informal messaging Official action has been launched by a watchdog into the Scottish government's use of informal messaging. The ...

The Scottish biometrics commissioner has served Police Scotland with an information notice, requiring the force to demonstrate that its deployment of a cloud-based digital evidence system complies ...

A health board has accused Scotland’s information tsar of being ‘emotional’, ‘selective’ and ‘not professional’ after he condemned its decision to withhold costs associated with a landmark ‘single sex ...

Scotland’s information watchdog has launched an inquiry into the mass deletion of WhatsApp messages sent during the pandemic by Nicola Sturgeon, other SNP ministers and their civil servants. David ...

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POLITICAL parties should be subject to freedom of information laws to help unearth their “murky” inner workings, Scotland’s transparency tsar will say. Scottish Information Commissioner David Hamilton ...

Official action has been launched by a watchdog into the Scottish government's use of informal messaging. The Scottish Information Commissioner, who oversees freedom of information (FOI) laws, stated ...

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